ResearchResearch Activities

IOG conducts research across five key themes: China, Europe and the United States, economic security, international security order, and emerging technologies. These activities are summarized through essays written by IOG researchers, offering in-depth analysis and insights on these critical areas.
Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 5)

Breakthrough? / Relaxing Controls / Stepping Back / Finding an Alternative / New Rules / Protection from Solar / Tit-for-tat / Fun

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Diplomacy
Why Japan and the G7 must take notice of the Global South

With Japan set to host the Group of Seven summit in May in the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima, abolishing nuclear weapons will be

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

China
New risks emerge as Xi administration moves ahead toward a dead end

KE Long Project Professor, Global Center for Asian and Regional Research, University of Shizuoka

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 4)

Closing Loopholes / Warning Signs? / A New Pacific Partner / Another Round / Deflating Chinese Surveillance / Deflating Chinese Su

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
China determined not to be slowed by U.S. chip controls

TOKUCHI Tatsuhito Consulting Senior Fellow, the Institute of Geoeconomics In October, U.S. President Joe Biden announced two r

Diplomacy
Finding a way to manage China’s protectionism in procurement

As a previous article in this series by Naoko Eto pointed out, China’s economic security policy cannot be seen clearly from outsid

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Hotaka Machida

Economic Security
IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 2 No. 3)

The Dutch Are In / Japan Adding Controls / There’s More? / More than Geopolitics / EU & Mercosur / APEF Assemble / Challenge I

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
How Xi Jinping is fortifying China’s economic security

More players in the global economy are now prioritizing national security as well as economic efficiency, with economic security i

Visiting Senior Fellow

Naoko Eto

Economic Security
New challenges have forced Japanese companies to address economic security

Japanese companies have been facing multiple geoeconomic risks in the past year — from the war in Ukraine to rising uncertainties

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Security
Japan’s New National Security Strategy

Regional context / Domestic political dynamics / What the NSS means for Japan’s future

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

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